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A Childhood Classic.

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I fell out of love with comics for a bit, until I read that issue of Gwenpool when I was 12, I HAD to read more shit! Which is why I dug up my old copy of the Mexican Exclusive Spider-Man Omnibus released to celebrate Marvel's 70th anniversary, all the way back in 2009. It compiles issues 568 to 583. Let me tell you, that thing was HEAVY AS SHIT. Oh, and I guess I enjoyed the stories, though 2 comics that stuck out to me were issues 578 and 579. Why, you may ask? We're about to find out when we look at The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #578 and 579 by Mark Waid and Marcos Martin, right now. This cover shows Spidey rising from the ashes. I really like what they did with the logos and titles here. PREVIOUSLY: I didn't review the last issue. Not like it's relevant, anyway. The book begins with Peter Parker eating Chinese food and reading his fortune on his Spider-Man pajamas in the rain, which is something that I do on the regular. The fortune cookie he was eating said ...